Our Commitment to Child Safety

Ensuring children are safe from abuse and able to learn, grow, and thrive is the highest priority of the YMCA. We are committed to creating programs that protect children from abuse, but we are also committed to providing our families and community with information to keep kids safe. It is the power of our community knowing, seeing, and responding which make it more difficult for offenders to abuse.

Below is an overview of practices the Y has in place to protect youth and young adults in our care. The Y began conducting background checks on all new employees in the 1980s. Over the years, we have further strengthened our policies for screening and training staff and volunteers.

  

  

  

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THREE KEY HABITS: KNOW | SEE | RESPOND

We, as Y staff, members, volunteers, community and families can develop three key habits in child abuse  prevention:

  

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ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION | ONLINE & CELL PHONES

Appropriate use of electronic communication with minors is critical to understand and follow: